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Background: Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth, Virginia is requesting a new service to accomplish removal of asbestos insulation aboard a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine, MTS 635 Samuel Rayburn. The majority of the asbestos insulation removal will occur within the Reactor Compartment (RC) and a small amount of asbestos insulation removal outside but adjacent to the RC within the submarine. This involves asbestos remediation and asbestos cleanup; control and packaging of radioactive material containing asbestos. Asbestos also contains Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous constituents and PolyChlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).

Requirement Need: This requirement is for professional removal of asbestos insulation aboard the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine, MTS 635 Samuel Rayburn. This requirement includes removal of insulation from piping’s and reactor vessel pads. The insulation is known to contain asbestos materials. All material removed and waste generation will be packaged for disposal under the direction of NNSY Including all tools, material and waste insulation. The contractor shall use all State of Virginia, OSHA and EPA requirements for asbestos, hazardous constituent, and PCB work as well as use all applicable radiological control requirements per Reference (2.2). The contractor shall furnish the material, equipment, production and engineering support, and staffing necessary to execute the work.